• Central activity of every teacher.
• The main feature that distinguish an okay teacher from an excellent teacher!
What to Consider When Planning a Lesson
• What learning outcomes do you want students to develop?
• How will you establish purpose? How will you engage students in lesson?
• How will you take into account students’ prior experiences and knowledge?
• How will you represent the content? What vivid phenomena will you use?
• How will you allow students to express their ideas?
• How will assess if students have met the learning outcomes?
• How will you sequence lessons so that they support the understanding of the learning outcomes?
Planning
• Central activity of every teacher.• The main feature that distinguish an okay teacher from an excellent teacher!
What to Consider When Planning a Lesson
• What learning outcomes do you want students to develop?• How will you establish purpose? How will you engage students in lesson?
• How will you take into account students’ prior experiences and knowledge?
• How will you represent the content? What vivid phenomena will you use?
• How will you allow students to express their ideas?
• How will assess if students have met the learning outcomes?
• How will you sequence lessons so that they support the understanding of the learning outcomes?
Guide for Using the Rhode Island Lesson Plan Template
Lesson Plan
Lesson Title:
State Standards: GLEs/GSEs
National Standards:
Context of Lesson:
Overview of lesson, including: where it fits in unit, what are key ideas and what will students be doing.Opportunities to Learn:
Depth of Knowledge
Prerequisite Knowledge
Plans for Differentiating Instruction
Accommodations and modifications
Environmental factors
Materials
Objectives:
Instruction:
Opening:
Engagement:
Closure:
Assessment:
Reflections
(only done after lesson is enacted)Student Work Sample 1 – Approaching Proficiency:
Student Work Sample 2 – Proficient:
Student Work Sample 3 – Exceeds Proficiency: